No-bid contract leads to testy exchange and near loss of six new vaccination sites

The state barely secured six additional walk-in vaccination sites capable of providing 15,000 shots a week after a vote Wednesday by three councilors who opposed a $7.2 million contract because it was not put out to bid, a process that would delay the sites by as much as three months.

Gov. Chris Sununu did not hide his frustration, especially with Councilor Ted Gatsas who initiated the no vote that was supported by Councilors David Wheeler and Joseph Kenney.

“Okay, so let’s be really clear,” Sununu said. “You’ve just shut down six walk-in sites when the entire state is complaining that they can’t get a vaccine. I am begging you to reconsider.”

Gatsas, who indicated he’d been contacted by companies that would have liked a chance at the contract, tried and failed to shift the focus from the pandemic to the bidding process.

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